A.N.: It's finally here, the sequel to Never A Kid! Remember, this takes place before Damien comes back during season 3, so none of that stuff with Erik happened. Major thanks to my beta starzee, who doesn't even like Damien but agreed to beta this for me anyways. Your rock!

"We grow neither better nor worse as we get old, but more like ourselves" - May Lamberton Becker

Jenny was sitting on the couch in the living room of the Humphrey-Bass-Van der Woodsen penthouse, working on a sketch. Serena and Erik had gone out to do some shopping but she declined their offer for her to join them. Ever since she had been kidnapped and drugged by Juliet Sharp just a few days ago, she hated going out to crowded places and Barney's during a sale was probably the worst place for her to be. Rufus and Lily were upstairs discussing business, whatever that meant, and she relished in the quietness of the apartment.

When she heard the elevator doors opening, Jenny thought that Erik and Serena were already done with Barney's and had decided to come home right away. She was surprised, however, to see Damien walk in and he seemed just as surprised to see her.

Jenny's throat dried up as soon as she saw him, but she still managed to stand up and greet him. "Hi," she said softly.

"Hi," he answered back.

He looked different from the last time she saw him at the hospital. His hair was shorter and he seemed wearier.

"I didn't think you'd be here," he continued, looking everywhere but at her.

"What do you mean? I live here," she said, the confusion evident on her face.

Damien smiled and looked down. "I know, but Rufus and Lily asked me to come over to talk and I didn't think you'd be here," he repeated.

As if on cue, Lily and Rufus came around the corner and down the stairs.

"Good, you're here!" Lily said. She smiled that polite but warm smile she gave people she knew she had to be nice to. She offered to take his coat and Jenny watched as everyone sat down in the living room. It took a second for her to figure out that she was still standing, so she sat down as well.

"First of all, thank you for coming. You must wonder why you're here," Lily said. Rufus looked like he wanted to be anywhere but sitting on that couch. "Well, we wanted to thank you for helping Serena and Jenny. We are forever indebted to you, of course, but what we really want is to know what happened. We know what you told the police, but we're aware that you probably didn't tell them everything. And some things contradict Juliet's statement so... We really hope you can clear all of this up for us, unofficially, since the girls don't remember anything," she explained.

Damien took a deep breath and looked at Jenny. When he looked at her, she could almost see what he had seen then, as if the image of her lying on the hotel room bed was imprinted on his pupils for the world to see.

"I sold Juliet the drugs she used to drug the girls," he admitted.

Rufus looked like he was about to jump at him, but Lily stayed very calm.

"I didn't know what she was going to use them for, obviously," he continued. "I just thought she was going to have a party. I didn't even deliver them to her. But she called me two days later, asking for more. I got a little suspicious because she'd never bought anything from me before," he explained.

"Wait a minute," Rufus said, "that day, when you were here, it was your drugs that we found? They weren't your father's?" he asked.

"No, they were mine," Damien admitted reluctantly.

"So, you lied; and that whole thing about your father," Rufus trailed off.

"No, that was true. Unfortunately, I didn't lie to you about that. It's complicated, I just... To continue, after Juliet called me the second time, I went to deliver the drugs myself. Because I'm the son of an ambassador, I get diplomatic immunity, so if I get caught it's not that big of a deal. When I got to the hotel room everything was quiet and Juliet was acting weird. And that's when I saw the girls on the bed. Serena was moving but Jenny was very still and very quiet. So I called 9-1-1 and Juliet left."

"Well, thank you for clearing that up. It all makes sense now, I suppose, except for why you called the police when you knew you would get caught," Lily added.

"I just wanted the girls to be okay. I don't know if you know this, but I knew Serena from boarding school. And Jenny, well, you know about me and Jenny. And even though things didn't end well between us, I still care about her," he said sincerely, looking at Jenny for the first time since the beginning of the conversation.

"Well, like I said, we are indebted to you. I don't have any more questions. Jenny?" Lily asked, looking at her.

"Are you in trouble?" Jenny asked bluntly.

"No, I'm fine. Like I said: diplomatic immunity." Damien's lips stretched but didn't quite form a smile.

"They can't charge you, but they can send you out of the country, can't they?" Lily asked.

"Yes, but I gave them some information they could use. That and they need me here to testify at Juliet's trial. As long as I stay out of trouble, I can stay." He shrugged.

"Thank you for coming over, Damien. If there's anything we can ever do for you..." Lily said as she rose.

"Well, there is something. I'd like to take Jenny out to dinner with your permission," he said.

Jenny recognized the son of the ambassador, the one who knew how and when to cash in favours.

"Dinner?" Rufus asked, not hiding his disbelief and anger very well.

"It's just that things were left hanging between us and I think it'd be good to talk it out," Damien explained.

"Just dinner?" Rufus asked cocking an eyebrow. It was obvious he didn't like this one bit but Lily was giving him a look and he didn't really want to argue.

"Just dinner. In a public place, where there are plenty of witnesses. And no drugs whatsoever."

No one laughed at his attempt at a joke.

"I suppose that would be alright. Jenny?" Lily turned to her step-daughter.

"I'd really like that," Jenny answered and turned to look at Damien.

"Good. Tomorrow? I'll pick you up at eight," he said as Rufus handed him his coat.

Jenny didn't know what Damien had in store for her, but she knew one thing for sure: she would not be bored.